Bill Cosby Has Strong Opinions About R. Kelly's Conviction

The disgraced comedian told TMZ the singer “got railroaded” in his sex-trafficking trial that ended Monday.

R. Kelly may be facing 10 years to life for racketeering and sex trafficking, but disgraced comedian Bill Cosby thinks the singer may be able to overturn the charges.

Cosby, whom dozens of women have accused of sexual misconduct and who escaped his own sexual assault conviction on a technicality earlier this year, told the New York Post via spokesman Andrew Wyatt that he feels Kelly “was screwed” and “wasn’t going to catch a break” during the monthlong trial. Multiple women, some of whom were minors when they say Kelly sexually abused them, testified at trial about the singer’s abuse.

“The deck was stacked against Robert,” Wyatt told the paper on behalf of Cosby. “His constitutional rights were grossly abused. I don’t know anywhere but in this country in the United States that a documentary can bring criminal charges against someone.” (Wyatt was referring to the 2019 series “Surviving R. Kelly,” in which accusers came forward to describe Kelly’s abuse; prosecutors who investigated these and other allegations brought the charges.)